Which ship is the worst?

[stem]

I honestly think the torus, bad weapons to begin and only 2 crew, facing off the dangers of the first sector will get you destroyed

[Neo1010101]

Quite possibly the Nessaio, simply because on Normal the game will screw you over more times than can be possibly be counted.

[Buter]

Nessaio and RNG can combo you out alot, but Slug seem not excel in much.

[DarkTwinge]

The Engi B (The Vortex) is indisputably the worst ship in the game. The Stealth B and Slug B (DA-SR 12 and The Stormwalker) are bottom tier as well.

The Torus is a top-tier ship that starts with a great setup. The Nesasio is a mid-tier ship that is harder to play well than most but performs solidly if you know what you're doing.

[NadeAxe]

The first ship I was able to beat the game with was the Engi (A) cruiser. I had the worst luck using the stealth cruiser because it had no shields.

[Kezia]

If you think the Torus (Engi A) is bad then you need to learn a lot about ion weapons. With just the starting weapon/drones, I can make it well into sector 5.

[Wilken]

Noether(Zoltan B) just sets you up for failure, great for first two zones, but you start to fail quickly

[Fubuki]

Prolly nessaio

[Bob of Mage]

Engi B hands down. The damn thing can't beat a ship with level 2 shields. Most other ship can run into a rare bit of bad luck and die before they get good loot (any ship with good loot can win). However level 2 shields are not rare and frankly no other ship would out right lose such a fight.

[Pave Low]

Another vote for the Engi B.

1. Entirely reliant on Heavy Ion -> Heavy laser combo. If the Ion misses, you have to wait. If the ship has more than one shield, you cannot hit it. No amount of training will get the Heavy Ion firing fast enough to take down two shields.

2. No crew. You will lose evade, firing rate and shield recharge bonuses until you recruit crew. The later you recruit crew, the more gimp you are.

3. Useless drones after the first two sectors. Seriously, all the starting drones and the augmentation should get sold off ASAP because you need to buy crew and weapons.

The ship is junk. And that comes from someone who likes playing the Stealth cruisers.

[stem]

I think we have the Torus and the Nessaio.
Their both bottom teir by the looks of things

[DarkTwinge]

The Torus is top tier - the Ion Blast II + Anti-Ship combo works wonderfully and combos with almost anything new you can find.

The Nesasio is mid tier, but is also one of the hardest ships to play well. Precise cloak time and beam aiming are essential to thriving with this ship.